Meadows' shop, Croxton, near Eccleshall
Edgar Meadows' grocers and bakers shop on the Main Road through Croxton. The right hand side of the building was extended to form the shop. The building had previously been the Swan with Two Necks inn ...
Mechanical Apparatus for Firefighting - an advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In Enoch Wood's day, factories and coal mines needed more than buckets of sand to put out serious blazes.
The trouble was that there was - as yet - no rapid-response fire service to call upon.
Unsurprisingly, ...
Meir heath, The Cross Roads. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the cross roads at Meir Heath, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The picture was taken from Hilderstone Road and the Windmill public house can be seen on the right.
Meir Heath. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a view of the windmill and Windmill Pub at Meir Heath, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Melia's grocers, High Street, Uttoxeter
Four young men and three young women outside Melia's grocers shop on High Street, Uttoxeter. Melia's grocers were a national chain which were popular between the 1920s and 1960s.
Photographer: Alfred ...
Michelin Tyre Cartoon
Cartoon shows Mr Bibendum as a goalkeeper catching a ball. Mr Bibendum, commonly referred to in English as the Michelin Man, is the symbol of the Michelin tyre company. The cartoon caption reads 'That's ...
Militia approaching crossing, Blythe Bridge
The 5th Battallion of the North Staffordshire Territorials onn their way to Burton during general mobilisation in August 1914. They were one of the first Companies to go to France.
In the foreground ...
Milk collection, Kingstone
This photograph of a postcard was taken on Uttoxeter Road, Kingstone. The lorry is collecting milk from local farms and belongs to Wilts United Dairies. The dairy at Weston initially processed milk and ...
Milk Float, Stafford Pageant
This postcard view of a horse and dray advertises “Milk Nature’s Perfect Food, Builds Bone and Brain”. The float won second prize in Stafford Pageant (unknown year).
The annual Stafford Pageant included ...
Mobile News Stand, High Green, Cannock
A woman buying a newspaper from an Express and Star mobile news stand pictured at High Green, Cannock.
Moreton & Co. Bakers & Confectioners, Stafford
A paper bag from Moreton & Co.'s pastry cooks, bakers and confectioners shop at Market Square, Stafford. Also advertised are veal and ham, or pork pies, foreign and British wines, Callard & Bowser's ...
Morgan’s Refreshment Rooms, Horse Fair, Rugeley
A view of John Morgan’s Refreshments Rooms at 7 Horse Fair. In later years this was known as Parchfield's Milk Bar which would become the cafe of choice for the local Teddy Boys in the 1950s and 1960s. ...
Mr Alcock, Chapel Lane, Codsall
Mr H.R. Alcock, is pictured standing outside his family butcher's shop.
To the right of the photograph is an overhead advertising banner for Codsall Supply Company.
Mr G.W. Powell and Mr A.S. Powell, Stafford
A postcard view of George Powell (left) and Steve Powell (right) standing by an Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. delivery lorry which advertises Pratts Spirit above the cab.
Around the time of this photograph ...
Mrs H. M. Shaw outside her shop in Carter Street, Uttoxeter
Mrs H.M.Shaw's husband was the old Carnival King Ben Shaw. She is standing outside her shop in Carter Street which no longer stands. She was very well known in Uttoxeter and sold almost everything, records, ...
Mrs H.M. Shaw in her shop, Uttoxeter
Photograph of Mrs H.M.Shaw. She was the wife of Ben Shaw, the old Uttoxeter Carnival King.
This photograph was taken in the late 1950s in her small shop in Carter Street, Uttoxeter which stood next ...
Mrs H.M. Shaw's shop, Carter Street, Uttoxeter
Photograph of Mrs H.M. Shaw's shop in Carter Street, Uttoxeter. The two children are Mrs Shaw's daughter and son Edith and Phillip. Phillip took over the shop in 1969, by which time it had moved into ...
Mrs Pyatt's General Stores, Cheadle
Mrs Ann Pyatt standing outside her grocers and general stores at 94 High Street, Cheadle.